46 THE HORSE. 



classified them as professional race- 

 horses.'' 



At this epoch public races were for- 

 mally gazetted, and meetings were held 

 at Garterly in Yorkshire, at Croydon, and 

 Theobald's Enfield Chase ; horses were 

 tramed. '' Ten stone was the standard 

 weight" for riders, who were weighed 

 before and after a race, as at the present 

 day. 



During James I.'s reign racing began 



to be somewhat extensively cultivated, 



which led to the necessity for the crea- 



incentiveto tiou of fleeter horses than those destmed 



the breeding 



of fleet to draw the carriaoes of the rich and to 



horses. ^ 



carry on a pillion a man and his wife. 

 The coach and racing saddle as years 

 rolled on demanded active horses, and it 

 was soon discovered that the type required 



